INACON Glossary

OIW

Abbreviation for OSI Implementors Workshop

The OSI Implementors' Workshop
, frequently called NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) OIW or the NIST Workshop, is the North American regional forum at which OSI (Open System Interconnection) implementation agreements are decided. It is equivalent to EWOS (European Workshop for Open Systems) in Europe and AOW (Asian-Oceanian Workshop) in the Pacific.